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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
MR.. MENTIONS REPLY.
He Opposes the Idea of Asking an Exten-
sion of Zine for Payment of Taxes.
Enp, WnpTtI

He Opposes the Idea of Asking an Exten-
sion of Time for Payment of Taxes.
FORT WORTH TEN, Feb. y, 1851.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
Inclosed find letter from Representa-
tive Newton. l wrote at the request of
some citizens of the county to ask Mr..
Newton to have the time extended to
August for the forced collection of state
and county taxes. A. j. CHAMBERS.
AUSTIN, Ten, Feb II, 1887.
Hon. \. j. Cham bers, Fort Worth, Tex.
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 10th received
this morning, and | will say that | am
opposed to any such measure. In the
first place, the taX-cOileCtor wrote me
saying that the people were paying up
very well. In the next place, believe
that it will be detrimental both to county
and city, q county with 600 voters, with
$40 OCO,O0 taxable property with all her
resources, railroads, banks, etc. l am
unable to comprehend how it will benefit
our people. 1t will only put off the evil
day, which will come with double force
in the end, but, as Representative of the
people, do not propose to act ar6itra-
rily, so please hand, this let
ter to THE GAZETTE, so that this
matter may come direct before
the people, for it will take strong petit
ton and better reasons than we have at
our command at present to gain recogni-
ton before this body. Respectfully,
Z. NEWTON.
P. 81 have consulted with Major
Jarvis, and he will bear me out in this
letter, so please give it to the press so the
people may act promptly and in concert.
You see that l have not waited to feel my
way or mould my opinions by others.
Z. NEWTON.
The above letters explain themselves
and attest to the desire Of Mr.. Newton to
serve the general public. Those who
have reasons why the time should be ex-
tended for the forced collection of state
and county taxes should send them to
Mr. Newton at Austin, without delay. If
there is any such necessity the matter
should be brought directly before the
people for there is no time to lose.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
SUING BEN BUTLER.
A Suit for False imprisonment During
the War

A Suit for False imprisonment During
the War
NEW YORK, Feb. l2.-The suit of John
II. Lester against General B. F. Butler
for 100000, for false Imprisonment and
damages, is on trial in the United States
Circuit court. The complaint alleges that
on January %, 1864, Lester, who was
living in Richmond, Va, came across the
lines and took the oath of allegiance at
Martinsburg, Va He made arrangements
with General Butler that his wife and
child should be brought to him on flag
of-truce boat. Lester then went to Wash
ington. While there, it is claimed Butler
became possessed of the ideG that he had
SlSG, 600 in his possession, and that he
had violated his oath and was helping
the enemy. When accused of this Les
ter, who had returned to Buffers head
quarters, Denied il, but was thrown into
prison. Mrs. Lester and the child were
searched and in her possession, il is al
legged, was found ST., 200 which General
Butler took and gave her receipt for
$4,000, which amount was afterWard re-
turned General Butler never let Lester
know that his wife and family had ar
rived ct Fortress Monroe, and it was
only by chance that Mrs. Lester learned
that her husband had been court martialed
and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
at hard labor with q chain about mis- leg,
Lester was released after he had served
one year, one month and seventeen days
The case will proceed on Monday.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

war, where its services on the field and In
hospitals attracted the admiration OF Eu-
rope. The American branch Of the society
has rendered highly effective assistance
in dealing with several grave and distress
ing emergencies in this country, notably
the yellow fever epidemics at Memphis and
New Orleans and the foundations of the
Mississippi and tributary rivers. Con-
gress and the governments of sll civilized
nations have formally recognized the
status of the Red Cross and Endorsed It's
work and aspirations, and many OF the
most eminent men and women in Europe
and America are active and honorary
members of the society. Miss Barton :
promised report CT her investigations will
be awaited with interest
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
REASONABLE PETITION.

The following petition IS to be pre-
scented to the Legislature. 1t is founded
in Justice and should be granted. While
the state may not be able to provide for
tie establishment OF separate Industrial
school for colored youth, it can add a
mechanical and industrial department to
the Prairie View school in Waller county,
and this, no doubt, would fully meet the
wishes of the colored people OF the state.
With eminent respect for themselves ana
Difference to that unwritten law which
governs all sensible individuals of both
races, these people do not ask for admis-
sion into the Bryan school, but they do
pray, as they have 3 right to pray, for
that opportunity for their youth which
cannot but result in good to the whole
people.
FORT WORTH TEX, Feb. ., 1851.
To the Honorable, the senate and House Oh
REPRESENTATIVES of the state of Texas now in
Legislature convened;
Alta meeting of colored citizens of Fort
Worth and Tarrant county, Tex, held in the
CITY OF or w OTlli, lCA OIl SOuI1iJ - 1919
we the undersigned, having been appointed a
committee to toward suitable resolutions in re-
gard to matter of vital Importance to our
race, desire to petition your honorable body as
follows.
Whereas, at E session of the State Teachers
Association held in the city of Galveston, in
June, lSS6, committee was appointed to me-
morlalIze, and did men Oria'ize YOUR honorable
body in regard to the establishment Of me-
chanical and industrial school for the youth OF
CIR race; and
Whereas, we feel the increasing need OF a
mechani al ard industrial education, both for
the Individual good of cur race and for the
common good of our great state; and
Whereas, we have tull confidence In your
farsightedrcss, nerOsity and readiness tC eX-
tend to our people all the advantages and
means OF higher development;
Therefore, we fully indorse the memorial OF
the state Teachers Association presented TO
your honorable body, and urgently request you
to take such action as Will lead to the early es
tablishment of a mechanical and industrial
school for the youth of our race. Very respect
fully DAVE ii BLACK, Ch'n'
SAN c. MCCOY, ScC'y.
p. b JOHNSON
ANDERSON CAvILL.
JOE WILLIAMS.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

THERE was once little boy who came
believing to his mother with the story
that playmate had struck him. "And
didn't you hit him bsck?" asked the fond
mother. "Oh, hit him back first" was
sIthe answer. That is . .air Illustration OF
our ,retaliatory measures against Canada.
We have a tariff that excludes Canadian
fshSfrom our markets. Canada proposes
TO get even by keeping American
fishermen out of her waters; and
now Congress is believing for "retalia-
tion," as if we had not been retallating
ever since 1861. This country chit back
first.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
CATTLENEN'S CONVENTION.
A Plan for Fighting Monopolies Proposed
at the Denver Meeting.

A Plan for Fighting MonopOlies Proposed
at the Denver Meeting.
DENVER, Col, Feb. l0.-At to-day S
session of the International Range Con-
vention several papers on the cattle in
dustry and the best methods to conduct
it were read. \ resolution was adopted
demanding a retrenchment of expenses
in dressing and shipping beef cattle.
1t provides for the appointment of a
committee of three to confer with eastern
commission houses with view Of obtain
ing 9 uniform rate of % cents per head
for the sale of range cattle.
A paper from the Retail Butchers Pro-
tective Association Of Brooklyn was read,
denying that they were responsible for
the high price OF beef and declaring that
their association desired to act in har-
mony with the Range Association.
Mr.. j. j. McGill of Cleveland was
called for and read a short address on
monopolies, stockyard concerns and mid
dlemeu, in which he laid the troubles of
the cattle growers in not receiving Just
prices for their cattle at the doors of
these middlemen. His plan for meeting
these monopolies was organizing an i'm
mense corporation, with capital OF
500, 900, to be participated in
bv the stock raisers Of the United States
which should market and butcher all
the stock raised in the United States, and
conduct the selling of all beef direct 10
the consumers. The explanation OF his
scheme was listened to with marked
attention, and the close of the address
was marked by warm applause.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

cts, and with ten to twenty helpers inter-
cepted the cattle drivers. There has
never been q man in the country who
could beat Thomas Cole in Judging hogs
and cattle on the hoof. The old buyer
would come back after trip, sometimes
with $4,000, sometimes with $4,000,
sometimes with 100000 worth of hogs
and cattle.
'Here's your CATTLE" he'd say, land
here's what's left of the money"
Then he'd go down in his trousers, in
his vest aud his coat. 1t was Coles buy
ing that made the firm rich, and Armour
soon gave up as bad job trying to get the
veteran to begin bookkeeping. He kept
tab-in his head. He never kept any
other tally. Armour tells how Cole once
came back and said that there was a
81, 900 bill he couldn't account for. He
must have lost it. A month afterward,
when everybody had forgotten it, Cole
ielt something in the lining of his old
Jacket. 1t was the $1,000 bill.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
KILLED AT DALLAS.
a n, gro Woman Shoots a windsor Hotel
Waiter.

4 \, gro woman Shoots Windsor Hotel
Waiter.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, Ten, Feb. I$.-Mollie Jones,
negro woman, shot aud killed Lee
johnson, Grand Windsor hotel waiter,
at her house, corner OF Young and Poy-
dras reefs, to-day at - O'Clock. The
woman claims that the shooting was ac-
cidental aud tells the following story:
"Lee Johnson rooms al my house. l do
his washing. He came in to-day about
room and asked NE to sort
his clothes and fix bath. When
| went TO his room to do as requested.
carried al old pistol that had been lying
around the yard, and which thought was
bis. When got about midway the room,
the aistol went off. l shouted for the
police to come aud arrest me, as | saw
had killed him. l have never had any
quarrel with him. see but little Of him,
as he generally comes to his room aftec
have gone to bed"
There were no witnesses to the shoot
ing, out parties in the same neighborhood
heard loud talking Just before the report
of the pistol. Others claim that it Is g
case of jealousy; that Johnson has been
living ON terms of intimacy with the wo-
mar, and that she has been heard to make
threats
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
A HARD LIFE TO LIVE
A Dark Tinted Picture for Stage Struck
Girls to Look Upon.

Girls to Look Upon.
Mrs. John Sherwood In New York World.
All honor to the brave girls who have
gone through mud and mire and fatigue
and sorrow and temptation and have come
out good actresses, good women. They
have staying power which we all admire.
They are the Jewels of the profession;
they make it honorable. No, it is honor
able in itself Every profession that Is
an honest effort to earn ones bread IS
honorable if they who serve at Its
affairs serve with pure. hands. l have
known many actresses; l have seen them
in their humble homes; | have sat by
their sickbed; have heard the story OF
their patient toll, their plain, neat, self
sacrificing lives, and l have felt like taking
the mock queen mantle and pressing 1t to
my lips in honor of their courage. Ana
from one deathoed came once thanking
the actress for the lesson she had taught
me of soul so strong that it could defy
temptation and of heart so good that II
could ignore Itself, and when | lett her
attic felt that | had been very near
hesven.
But for all this, after looking at the
profuslon on all sides, it is hard one for
women, almost impossible for those who
ale not born to it. 1t is one which no
woman should choose lightly. she
should measure we'll her own strength
and her talerts, Tor no women can herself
Judge if beauty or gift at elocution or
dramatic appreciation will bring her sue
cess on the stage. She may be 8 great
genius ard yet fail. The perspective of
the STAGE is so curious. 1t is like seeing
ones face in conclave or convex
mirror-it may be drawn out long or
doubled up very short. No one knows
until she tries. Then the physique, ad-
mir&ble for reading, may be Intellectual on
the stage. We knew one very beautiful
woman, full of the best stage ancestry,
the inheritor of theatrical blood, who was
failure On the stage, while Adelaide
Nelson, fresh from the gin shop, with no
ancestry, very little education and bad
burr in,her pronunciation, was an eminent
success.
1t is with no contempt for the profess
sion of an actress that these words are
written. No, it is from the standpoint of
much respect, much knowledge of and
much sympathy for those gifted women
who contribute so much to our enjoy
ment And it is also from a large &C
quain'ance with enthusiastic girls who
have desired to be actresses, and from an
acquaintance with one lady who in almost
middle life became so infatuated with the
profession that she went professionally on
the stage. Beautifully dressed, mistress
of her part, an admirable amateur, she
failed sIgnslly. She took to her bed and
died. 1t broke her heart. And, sorrow
full to say, the enmity OF the men and
women ON the stage with whom she hoped
to be become professional worker helped
to kill her.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
A STORY OF A KISS.
What Woman Was afraid of and What
Really Happened.

Really Happened.
Chambers Journal.
A CirCassian was walking along one
road and woman along another The
roads finally united into one, and reach
ing the point of juncture at she same
time, they walked ON together. The man
was carrying large iron kettle ON his
back; in one hand he held the legs of a
live chicken, in the other cane, and he
was leading a goat. They neared a dark
ravine. Said the woman: Il am afraid
to 90 through that ravine with you: it is
a lonely place, and you might OVerpOWer
me and Kiss me by force" Said the man:
elbow can possibly OverpOWer you and
kiss you by force when have this great
iron kettle on my back, q cane in one
hand, a live chicken in tie other, and am
leading this goat: l might as well be
tied hand and foot" eyes" replied the
woman, "but if you stick ycurCane in the
ground and tie your goat TO it, and turn
the kettle bottom-side up and put
the chicken under il, then you might
wickedly kiss me in spite OF my resist
ance." "S6ccess to thy ingenuity, o
woman" said the rejoicing man to him
self. 81 should never have thought OF
this or similar eXpedieGSa.H And when
they came to the ravine he stuck his cane
into the ground and tied the goat to it,
and gave the chicken to the woman, say
! ing; "Hold it while l cut some grass
for the goat" and then-sO runs the le-
gend-'owering the kettle from his
shoulders he put the fowl under it and
wickedly Kissed the woman, as she was.
afraid he would.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

THE New York Herald is mlsinformed
in regard to Miss Barton's visit to Texas,
1t has simply been personal inyestiga-
ton of the drouth-stricken districts, with
no distinct promises of aid from the Red
Cross. There is, however, no mistaklng
the kindly spirit manifested by her, and
the Herald, also, in giving publicity to
the fact of the necessitous condition of
these counties, and in calling the atten-
ton of relief societies to these needs, snd
Informing them through the columns of
that paper that any contributions they
may wish to make can be sent in care OF
Miss Clara Barton, Albany, Tex, that
place being depot of supplies.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
A MURDEROUS TALE.
He Says His Wife and Himself Agreed to
Die Together.

Die TOSSlntf.
ST. LOUIS, Mo, FEB. civilian Dill
lies, who on the LIST of last January MUIR
dered his wife by cutting her throat and
then attempted suicide by cutting his own
throat, has so far recovered as to be able
to make a statement of the affair. He
says that on the day before the murder
he and his wife became intoxicated. On
awakening next morning they were both
i'll and Respondent, and agreeing that
their condition was intolerable, con-
cluded that it was best Tor them
both to die. They discussed
various means by which death may
be caused and finally settled upon cut
ting their throats The question as to
who should die first was then discussed,
and they agreed that the husband should
cut his wife's throat and then commit
suicide by cutting his own. He says his
wife laid down on the floor, threw her
head back and told him she was ready.
He took up the butcher knife and drew
1t over her throat. She died in few min
utes, but he hesitated when it came to
carrying out the rest OF the programme.
Just then some of the neighbors entered
the door and this decided him. He placed
the knife to his throat and cut deep
cash which severed the wind pipe. The
wound was not fatal, and he is now in a
fair way to recover from its effects. The
Coroner doubts the truth of his state
ment, and he will be tried for murder in
the first degree.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The Rock
Island right-cf-way bill for the projected
lines through the Indian Territory has
gone to the Senate, and been referred to
the committee on Indian affairs, of which
Mr. ingalls,. is a member. The Kansas
Senator will have charge of the
bill, and will probably be able
to obtain an early report upon it. The
influences which are working hard to
keep the Rock Island from reaching Texas
have now been transferred to t1e north
end of the capitol. They were badly
beaten on Hthe ouse side, but is claimed
that they will succeed better with the
Senate.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
A COINCIDENCE.
Investigating State that Seats Negro
and Gusts a White Man.

and Gusts n Hnlte MAIL
Austin Statesman.
About the same time that the national
Senate was ordering the investigation OF
"lawlessness existing in county within
the state of Texas" upon the ground
that the ordinary processes of law could
not be depended upon to suppress crime
within this state, and that citizens of the
United States within this state had been
deprived of their legal rights and driven
from their homes because of their adher-
ence to the Republican party, there was
all election contest gong on at Austin
for seat in the House OF Repre-
sentatives. white Democrat was
the contestant; negro Repuo-
lican the contestee, and the vote at
the election very close one. The com
mittee on contested elections, without
any unnecessary delay, reported in favor
of the negro, and the House, by unanl-
nous vote, declared him entitled to the
seat he held. How does this occurrence
correspond with "the hideous tales of
woe, sadder than owl songs or the mid
night blast" told st Washington by the
Republican refugees from Texas out
RACES? Now, we are not OF those VINO
contend that there has been no violations
of law in Washington county IN this
state. There may have been, and that,
| too, with view to effect the
election there, and by Democrats
against Republicans, or Republl-
cans against Democrats. But we
are of those that deny, and Indignantly
deny, that there exists such a condition
of things in any county within the state
of Texas to warrant any interference on
| the part of the national government with
our internal affairs. The people of Texas
have laid behind them all race prejudices
that interfere with an impartial admins
| tration OF the laws, state or national.
Every day it is evidenced that the people
of this state are resolved to have truly
republican state government, under
which every citizen is the equal OF
every other citizen, regardless of race or
social distinctions. That this is the
! sincere spirit and purpose of the people
| of Texas, the records of the courts, the
conduct of the public schools, and all
other pablo matters abundantly attest.
That the feeling is strong and strength
ening each day that any interference with
elections by force or fraud, directly or in
directly applied, is crime OF extreme
and exceptional OdiousnesS, no doubt can
| be raised. 1t is, therefore, peculiarly I'M
fortunate that the national senate should
have acted as it did just st this time, for
their action will surely check the growth
! of the sentiment referred to.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

SENATOR CLAIBoRNE's bill to create a
labor bureau in the office OF the Commits
sioner of Insurance, Statistics and His
tory, is one demanded by the public in
terest. Such bureau would furnish yalu-
able data upon which to base sensible
solution of labor demands, and it is to be
hoped that the bill will become law
Facts and figures are most potent
weapons against irresponsible and igno,
rant agitators.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
TROUBLE WITH GAMBLERS,
The Law r. Order League Close the Larg
est Balloon in Lsavenworth, Kas.

The Law r. u OruoT League Close the Iarg-
est Balloon in Lsavenworth, Kas.
LFAvENW ORTIZ, KAS Feb. I2.-Yes-
terday the largest saloon in Leavenworth,
known as the Saratoga" was closed by
the Sheriff upon complaint Of two repre-
sentatives of the Law and Order League,
Carl Muller and f NJ. Anthony. Last
night while the two were passing the
place that had just been closed by their
efforts they were set upon by gang
of roughs who knocked them down,
tore their clothes and otherwise maltreat-
ed them. Muller regained his feet, pulled
his pistol and fired one shot, which took
effect in the leg of a gambler named
Ryan. The crowd did not scatter, how
ever, and were preparing to assault the
two again when the police arrived
and drove them off, taking Muller and
Anthony to the county jsil for
protection. The closing of the saloon
has engendered most bitter feeling, and
there is no telling what the outcome will
be. AS the Law and Order League have
not called halt it is possible that some
act will be committed that will lead to
bloodshed. 1t is said that all the gambt
lers and rougs will be ordered to leave
the town at once, as they are the clement
that alone will bring on crisis.$ -
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18
TIE RED CROSS IN TEXAS.

The announcement has been made in
GAZETTE dispatches that Miss Clara
Barton, President of the Red Cross As
sociation. has completed her investiga-
tion of the character and extent of the
restitution and suffering in the drouth
district. Miss Barton's visit will direct
the attention of the world more than
ever to Texas. The organization of
which the lady is the head is one that
gives its time and energies to alternating
human suffering wherever found on q
large scale, whether in time of war, pesti-
hence or famine. 1t gained great pres
tige a few years ago in the Turco- Russian
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-02-18

THE retirement of Governor Throck-
morton from public life, as announced in
GAZETTE specials yesterday, takes from
the public attention central figure long
prominent in Texas affairs, and man be-
loved of his friends and with few enc
mics. "Jim" Throckmorton has a host
of admirers and friends in the state who
will bid him God speed for all the days of
his life